In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to recover from malware infestation. "When you are dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs, the only solution is to rebuild from scratch. In some cases, there really is no way to recover without nuking the systems from orbit."
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Member since:2005-10-02
Well, MS _did_ write the malware, sort of. They decided not to care about security at a time where security at home was very new and obviously needed (1997),
MS has for years failed to try to raise the security level. Only _after_ XP was released has MS begun a somewhat decent policy on security. But it's still a joke compared with other OS'es (apart from hobby OS'es in early development).
Yes, Microsoft is at fault for creating insecure systems which are very difficult to secure.
Member since:2005-10-06
Member since:2005-07-07
A) There is no start up in Linux.
You are clueless. It's called INIT.
B) Did MS write the malware? NO.
That's why I said negligence. Look up the definition.
That would be like saying it's Boeing's fault that a 747 got hijacked.
No it's nothing like that. Actually that might even be the worst analogy I have ever heard.
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2005-07-07
There are no impossible-to-detect rootkits for Linux? ;-)
Show me one Linux PC swamped with malware. Point me in the direction of Linux malware that installs itself into startup. Please show me the magic of making files executable in linux without chmod. After you accomplish that maybe, just maybe I will concede that Microsoft has nothing to do with the malware problems Windows users face today.